Example sentences of "go [adj] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt there are a few places where Stornoway citizens get drunk at Sunday lunchtime , indeed , there are quite a few of them , but their doors are shut to the public ; sin goes private on the Sabbath for it is public morality which counts in Sabbath observance . |
| 2 | When IC1 pin 2 goes high at the end of the timing period , current flows into transistor TR1 base ( b ) through current limiting resistor , R5 . |
| 3 | Brown , wavy hair — not that really dark brown , but the sort that goes lighter in the sun . |
| 4 | City of London Telecommunications — or COLT — has already started construction of the network , which is expected to go on-line towards the end of the year . |
| 5 | Water is pumped in from the River Nene , which is rich in farm nutrients , and sewage from Oakham , rich in phosphates from washing powders , goes direct into the reservior . |
| 6 | If it is appropriate for a case to go direct to the House of Lords it seems wrong that a litigant should be able to frustrate what appears to be a proper course . |
| 7 | If it still goes wrong on the day , never mind . |
| 8 | Whereas , even if nothing goes wrong at the weekend , Mr Smith will have made himself miserable for days in advance . |
| 9 | It 's something that goes wrong at the nerve muscle junctions ? |
| 10 | It 's not erm a carte blanche situation where with anything that goes wrong with the vehicle will be covered by the policy , it is an insurance contract for which specific liabilities are covered . |
| 11 | ( Judy Thomas points out , however , that if anything were to go wrong during the evening the agency would n't be legally responsible . ) |
| 12 | there is not much to go wrong with the equipment provided that it is properly cared for . |
| 13 | Things started to go wrong from the moment Dexter got up . |
| 14 | I think it goes straight in the river . |
| 15 | Okay well Claire seemed to go straight for the answer straight , right away . |
| 16 | I 'm afraid you 'll have to go easy on the Sangria while taking the tablets , and on the swimming too . ’ |
| 17 | One obvious alternative to the hamburger is a sandwich — try chopped chicken or tuna on wholewheat ; ask them to go easy on the mayo . |
| 18 | You 'll have to go easy on the whisky in case you get |
| 19 | If you think you are eating too much salt , the first thing to do is to go easy on the amount you sprinkle on food and use in cooking . |
| 20 | The concentration of women in industries and occupations where seasonal , temporary and casual rather than fixed contract working prevails also goes much of the way to explaining why the majority of female temporary workers are also part-timers . |
| 21 | Goes round like this and then it goes square at the back . |
| 22 | In major foreign markets Japan , Germany , France and Britain — the policy was to go native to the extent of roughly matching local production and local sales . |
| 23 | To go onstage in the flag is to be a 50p magnet , no matter what it might mean in an ideal world . |
| 24 | Jim is a founder member of the Elderslie Boys Club — which has been going strong in the area for seven years — and the Stoddards employee has himself contributed 17 years to Boys football . |
| 25 | They are also going strong in the running for a League and Irish Cup double . |
| 26 | The Chemistry in Britain editorial office , like many others , contains several battered copies of ‘ Collins ’ — F. Howard Collins ' Authors ' and printers ' dictionary , published at the beginning of the century by Oxford University Press ( OUP ) and still going strong in the guise of the Oxford dictionary for writers and editors . |
| 27 | At 1334 hours , the GCA final controller noted that aircraft was going low in the glide path at 7 miles . |
| 28 | Some of the strategies started going extinct from the start , and most were extinct by generation 200 . |
| 29 | While downhill skiing demands regular and sustained snow to cover the pistes and while Nordic ski racing relies on frequent low lying snow in sufficient quantity to cut tracks , Nordic ski touring can be enjoyed on a surprisingly large number of days , simply by going high on the mountain . |
| 30 | ‘ Everything seems to be going wrong at the moment . ’ |